Francisco Dias d’Avilla

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history of Piauí

One of their leaders was Francisco Dias d’Avilla, who fought bloody battles with the Indians. Piauí was a part of the captaincy of Maranhão from 1718 until 1811, at which time Piauí became a separate administrative unit. Piauí became a state in the Brazilian republic in 1889.